Risk Day 18 - Stanford Is Kind Of A Pest, But INFINITELY Preferable to OSU. Also, GO CHAOS!

Last night was....fine. We lost on a couple rolls where we were favored, and where it would have been nice to win. But on the whole it was fine. That's the nice thing about being bordered by a team like Stanford. While it's annoying to lose territories to them when you're favored, it's not a huge deal. They have the least power (292) and the fewest players (48) in the game, so it's more of a nuisance than anything else. It would be a lot more worrying if OSU had Nevada and Oregon, which is why it was such a big deal that OSU lost its western territories.

Speaking of OSU...they still basically own the Northeast, but Chaos (the team for players whose team died) is proving quite the headache for them. Team Chaos has infiltrated upstate New York and now borders 7 OSU territories. Chaos is a uniquely difficult opponent in this game because there's no telling where it will attack on a given turn -- there's no strategy....just a bunch of freelancing trolls. SO annoying when you're their target, and SO helpful when your opponent is their target. Go Chaos!

Finally, we might finally be getting some help in the fight against TAM. If you look at the Risk Heat Map on https://collegefootballrisk.com/leaderboard, you'll notice that Arizona looks like it's on fire compared to the rest of the country. That's because TAM is surrounded by allies, and so they've been able to push almost all of their power against us. That may change this turn as Texas is now touching two territories in its home state. While it's difficult to predict exactly how the incorrigible 13 year old farm boys that are Team TAM will react, it can't hurt to have their rivals applying pressure.

With all that said, we're in solid position right now. And we actually have more players than OSU (though we're still behind TAM)! You guys are doing great, and we're counting on you to keep it going. Visit MichiganCFBRisk.com, visit @CFB_Risk, and sign up for the Discord (https://discord.gg/JJJh3Gc). And most importantly, Go Blue! Beat OSU! Also....please don't attack GT. We don't want to make GT mad. They would be a bad enemy to have.

Steps To Play Every Day:

1. Sign up for a reddit.com account if you don’t have one already
2. Visit collegefootballrisk.com – Click Sign in with Reddit – Select Michigan as your team
3. Visit https://michigancfbrisk.com/ - click “Login using Reddit” – Click “Get an Assignment”
4. Return to collegefootballrisk.com – Scroll to the bottom of the page and execute your assignment (Note: Simply clicking action so that it becomes highlighted gray confirms the move. There’s no submit or confirm button needed)

Links for Discussion of the Game

• Reddit.com/r/collegefootballrisk is the general subreddit for the game as a whole.
• We have a discord server for specific discussion regarding strategy and also general discussion of Michigan sports. Follow this link https://discord.gg/JJJh3Gc and complete the vetting form that is sent to you when you join the server.